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openWikiword doesn't work for one page
The custom title of Nory Ryans Song only works if the whole title is in brackets, like this: Literature/{{noryryanssong}}. I think the page was originally created with the entire URL in lowercase. I have no way of fixing it. I posted on Ask the Tropers here, but someone suggested I report it as a bug instead.
Edited by Madison14openMultiple wick styles on pages causing ghost wicks. My guess.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/relatedsearch.php?term=Main/BigBrotherBully says that
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/relatedsearch.php?term=Main/BigSisterBully has 909 wicks, but that page says 904.
If previous instances that I discovered are any indication, 5 or so of those 904 wicks are wicking to Big Sister Bully in multiple styles, once without curly braces, and one with, making the page count twice.
openincorrect character change count
In this edit, I remove 4 characters (a line break and 3 asterisks) and insert 2 (double quotes). It lists this as "Changed: 272 Removed: 274 ".
This other edit shows a similar issue. 3 characters are removed (a line break and 2 asterisks); it lists this as "Changed: 271 Removed: 273 ".
openDouble PM email
I now appear to get two emails at the same time from thestaff@tvtropes.org whenever someone PM's me.
Possibly a glitch since it happened twice today, but not for the third PM.
Edited by Amonimusopengear missing on VideoExamples/ big player for mods/engineers
On Video Examples/ pages, the video listed at the top will be in a big player instead of being listed as a thumbnail. Example here.
For mods and engineers, this should have a gear icon in the corner to open the video editor, like the thumbnails do. But now it's missing.
openUnable to update my payment info
I have a new credit card number but when clicking on "update payment information" I get an endless "loading screen" white circle thingie. I gave Ad-Block full access for the attempt and I'm not using any other pop-up blockers (unless Chrome has one which I don't know about).
openVideo uploader progress is bugged
I went to upload a video to a trope (Love Confessor if it matters) and the progress bar ran up and then got stuck at 26%. I thought the whole uploader was broken but then I came back later to find a notification that transcoding had completed. Video seems to be fine, so looks like this is a straight-up display bug.
Windows 10, latest version of Firefox if that matters.
openRandomly logged out and UI settings reset
I was going through the forums when I found that I was randomly logged out and all my UI settings were reset: spoilers hidden, night vision off, sticky header off, right-aligned sidebar, etc. I was able to log right back in and reset things to normal, but was weird and kinda scary.
openEditing unavailable
When I click on the “save” and “preview” buttons while editing, nothing happens. They’re just frozen.
openRandom page buttons on mobile.
On mobile, the random buttons are stacked instead of being side to side, even blocking a bit of the logo. On the home page, only the Random Trope button is showing, and the avatar isn't showing either.
Edited by DelibirdaopenTLP: Last Edited By has a broken link
At Trope Launch Pad's any draft, "Proposed By" links to the troper page. "Last Edited By" links to "#namelink", which isn't a troper page nor is even a valid link.
openLocked cut pages still open edit screen
On some locked and cut pages, the lock icon shows up, but when I click “Edit” it still takes me to the edit window. (Not that I want to recreate any of them.) This happens for Headscratchers.Death Battle, and YMMV.Award Snub that I’ve seen. If they were supposed to be unlocked for any reason, the lock icon shouldn’t still show.
openBold formatting in edit reasons creates line breaks
Previous report on the bug, which isn't as specific about the cause of the problem.
When the bold text markup (encasing text with three apostrophes on either side) is used in an edit reason, the edit reason text in page history is broken up into a minimum of three lines: the text before the bolded section, the bolded text itself and the text after the bolded section.
Using the italics markup (two apostrophes on either side) does not produce this effect. In the event that a section within italicized text uses the bold markup, only the bolded section will end up as its own line.
Examples of edits with the bug: Just bold markup, bold within italics.
openTopes Pantheon Profile Image Inconsistency
Hello! So I am a participant in the Trope Pantheons, and I have noticed that for some profiles such as the one I created for Luz Noceda and Amity Blight, as well as ones I didn't create such as Anne Boonchuy, Sasha Waybright, and Marcy Wu, or Peacock have their images with a visible gap between the image itself, and the alias section of the profile at the top of the folder. And yet the majority of profiles, including others I made such as The Collector or reworked such as Kirby have their profile image almost in direct contact with their alias section, and it looks much better. Does anyone know what's going on, and if so, how to fix it?
openQuoteblocks in PMs
So I recently sent a PM that featured quoteblock markup. The markup looked fine when I used the preview button while drafting the message, but when I went back to look at the message I sent after sending it I noticed the quoteblock was gone. The software converted the quoted text to regular text before sending the PM. I don't know why the software did that, but it shouldn't have done that.
Edited by JHD0919open"Mine" view prevents links to queries being shared
If you navigate to a specific query using the 'mine' view, the timestamp URL to that specific query inherits the 'mine' parameter, which means it can't be used as a link to share with others.
The 'mine' view is private, but it's also an easy way to find old queries - and when you've selected a single query, it should be possible to share a link.
Edited by Mrph1openSlow uploading for Video Examples (+ Unsalvageable Failed Uploads).
When I upload a Video Example (2-3 minute video) to TV Tropes, it can take upwards of a dozen hours (the shortest it's ever taken was 8 hours) in order to complete the upload. Uploading is also extremely finicky, and things like Sleep Mode, bandwidth disruptions, or even turning my monitors off for the night could result in an "Upload Failed!" message, with absolutely zero hope of resuming or salvaging the upload, and I have to restart the upload all over again (which is extremely frustrating when the "Upload Failed!" happens when the upload is almost complete).
By contrast, when I upload a 2-hour Let's Play to YouTube, it only takes 20 minutes- 30 at most- to completely upload and process the video, so I know the issue is not with my computer or my bandwidth.
Is there a way to salvage a failed upload without having to restart from the beginning? Is there a way to get the time it takes to upload a 2-3 minute video down to less than 8 hours (or even less than 4)?
openTLP history not displaying correctly
In my TLP history, under my created TLPs, one of my tropes that got launched is marked as Nuked instead (Omegaverse), another one (Android Identifier) is correctly marked as launched. In the Edits on TLPs section, all drafts I edited that are not active are marked as Nuked, even if they launched successfully (even Android Identifier).
Edited by ZakuraopenPreview text ignoring page intro and picking up spoilers
As seen on Dead Lions, the wiki search preview is ignoring the description and picking up the first bulleted example.
In this case that's also behind spoiler tagging, as it reveals the big twist of the work — but the tagging is stripped out for the preview.
Expected behaviour would be to use the intro/description, not the first bullet from the example list.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pagelist_having_pagetype_in_namespace.php?n=&t=work
Can't be edited or cut. Mods can't do anything, and they cause ghost wicks that only can be detected if their targets are redirects. Such as Nakama from:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/folderizer.php?target=.iceheart
That's the only way to see contents.
This is just so there's visibility on the problem.